Eat
Speaks for itself, I think. We did.
Rose Hips
Rose Hips
As I was taking this picture, I startled (and was in turn startled by) a rabbit who took off into the grass. I was able to track him in the snow but each time I got close, he saw me before I saw him and he darted away. Anyway, I’m a sucker for any sort of berry, particularly red berries. And yes, I know rose hips aren’t berries. Strawberries and raspberries aren’t berries, either. So there.
Ice
Ice
I took pictures of the grass and snow in the lot next to my office but the consensus here was that this was a better picture. Can you tell what it is? It was a beautiful afternoon, although a bit nippy.
Snow
Snow
Twinkle, twinkle, little snow
How I wonder where you go
Falling from the darkened sky
On the winter winds you fly
Gears
Gears
I wanted to take a picture of Dorothy at the orthodontist today but she wasn’t having any of that. In the evening I was looking around for shapes and patterns and I saw this hand drill, which I use when I need to make small holes and don’t need the power of the electric drill. I love gears.
Jean and Family
Jean and Family
Our good friends, Maria and Alex were baptized this morning and I took this picture of the family after lunch. What a beautiful family. We love you all.
Silo and Barn
Silo and Barn
It was snowing this morning. Quite lovely. There’s a big oak tree on Rt. 108 that I’ve thought dozens of times, as I drive by, I really need to stop and take a picture of that tree. So, today I went and I did. But they aren’t as good as I’d hoped, partly because of the power lines running behind the tree. Then I drove around and came across this barn and silo that I think are pretty nice.
Red Honeysuckle Leaves
Red Honeysuckle Leaves
It was overcast and a bit colder today (upper 20s) with a light dusting of snow on the ground which stayed all day in shady spots. On days like this, little bits of color really stand out. I’m not a big fan of Japanese honeysuckle but these are pretty, I think.
Categories: Flowers and Plants
Tags: Honeysuckle, Leaves, Red
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Oil on Water
Oil on Water
The empty lot next to my office is mostly brambles and small trees. It was cleared about 15 years ago so all the trees are younger than that. There is a smallish stream running through the property, which I’m sure has been a headache for those hoping to build there. For the most part, the water is beautifully clear but there was this one quiet corner with a small amount of something oily on the surface.
Teasel (Dipsacus sp.)
Teasel (Dipsacus sp.)
I’m not sure how I’m going to have pictures every day. Today, as I did yesterday, I went into the empty building lot next to my office. There are plenty of things there that I find interesting and I have a feeling you’re going to get tired of them over the next few weeks. These are pretty common weeds around here and amazingly beautiful in bloom, but pretty awesome dry, as well.
Categories: Flowers and Plants
Tags: Dipsacus, Dried Weeds, Teasel, Weeds
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Grass Tassel
Grass Tassel
You know how when field grass goes to seed it has little, soft tassels at the top? And if you pick one off and put it in your shirt pocket it will crawl out? That’s what this is. Close up.
Amaryllis ‘Ruby Meyer’
Amaryllis ‘Ruby Meyer’
This is a lovely, small amaryllis, blooming on our kitchen table.
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Tags: Amaryllis, Amaryllis Ruby Meyer, Bulb, Red
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Christopher
Christopher
This is Christopher. He’s just built a pretty impressive Lego® tower and he is rightly proud.
Cathy
Cathy
We’ll start off the year of living photographically with a picture of my lovely wife. If you know her, I bet you can practically hear her laughing when you see this.
Christmas, 2010
Christmas, 2010
Cathy gave me a new camera for Christmas, a Canon 60D, to replace the 10D that I’ve been using since April, 2003. The cameras are quite similar in their controls but the upgrade includes a pixel increase of 285% (from 6 to nearly 18MP). This photo is the 19th exposure on the new camera. A few days after this picture was taken, I decided to see if I could take at least one picture a day for a year. That “Project 365” resulted, ultimately, in this blog. For that initial year (2011), the photos were posted to Facebook. I continued taking a picture a day in 2012 and this blog was born. I retroactively back-posted the pictures from the first year. I hope you find a few pictures that you can enjoy.
The picture-a-day thing continued for a total of 10 years, ending on Thursday, December 31, 2020. The blog doesn’t end there, however, and I continue posting pictures, just not a picture every day.